#4A8EC9#4A8EC9

#4A8EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.113 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EC9
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -3.31, -36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 37.05, 264.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0442 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.113 247)
XYZ	xyz(23.0357, 25.0166, 58.8617)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EC9 #C9854A

analogous

#4AC9C5 #4A8EC9 #4A4FC9

triadic

#4A8EC9 #C94A8E #8EC94A

tetradic

#4A8EC9 #C54AC9 #C9854A #4FC94A

square

#4A8EC9 #C54AC9 #C9854A #4FC94A

split-complementary

#4A8EC9 #C94A4F #C9C54A

monochromatic

#234F76 #316FA5 #4A8EC9 #79ABD7 #A8C9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4A8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4A8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EC9

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EC9	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.113 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed9',
    500: '#4a8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ec9;
$custom-light: #88aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.874,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62805,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.25019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EC9

secondary

#D2B59C

accent

#8F4ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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